News tagged with avian flu vaccine
Controversial 'bird flu' edits move ahead
Top US scientists on Wednesday defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global cooperation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic.
Dec 22, 2011 |
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SLU findings: Don't pitch stockpiled avian flu vaccine
A stockpiled vaccine designed to fight a strain of avian flu that circulated in 2004 can be combined with a vaccine that matches the current strain of bird flu to protect against a potential pandemic, researchers from Saint ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 09, 2011 |
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With personalized reminders, more seniors getting flu shots
Personalized post cards or phone calls can be effective in encouraging more seniors to get their annual flu shots, according to a new review of evidence. Professional facilitators are also successful at urging providers to ...
Sep 08, 2010 |
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For Dekker, it's always flu season
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Cornelia Dekker, MD, was an intern in 1976, a surprise outbreak of swine flu at Fort Dix, N.J, set health care providers scrambling to immunize Americans against a possible epidemic. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 25, 2010 |
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New vaccine strategy might offer protection against pandemic influenza strains
A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health ...
May 18, 2009 |
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Debate over speed vs. deliberation in developing vaccines heats up
One week into the race to catch up with the swine flu virus, here's the score: Virus, hundreds. Vaccine, zero. While the virus has moved with lightning speed to four continents, U.S. authorities are debating whether to make ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 03, 2009 |
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